Feminist campaigners threw a New Year’s Eve party last night, marking the last day of women’s paid work for the year.
Equal Pay Day — instituted by the Fawcett Society to illustrate the huge gap between men’s and women’s wages — took place three days earlier this year, widening for the first time in half a decade.
And researchers warn that the trend is set to continue if action isn’t taken.
As Unison launches its Year of Women Workers, ANNIE COGAN-THOMAS argues that stronger organisation and collective bargaining are essential to winning equality
Professor MARY DAVIS argues that feminism has been hollowed out by liberal co-option – and only a revival of socialist, class-based politics can restore International Working Women’s Day’s original, radical purpose
The biggest strike in global history is a template for our future. The silence tells you all you need to know, writes CLAUDIA WEBBE


